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USCHO Edge: After difficult week to handicap, oddsmakers limit number of heavy favorites among top-ranked teams

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Last Friday’s games, which featured five matchups of nationally-ranked opponents, proved pretty difficult to handicap. Of the eight USCHO staff, only four were above .500 and just one didn’t take a loss (nice job Jack Hittinger). For the first time in the two seasons of writing this column, we also had non-conference games that featured … Read more

UConn-BU, Minnesota State-St. Cloud are tossups, Denver’s a heavy favorite: USCHO Edge podcast Season 1 Episode 3

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USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly, Dan Rubin, and Ed Trefzger analyze five games among top 20 D-I college hockey teams, looking at money lines and over/under as well as giving an in-depth look at the matchups. We also discuss how much of a home ice advantage there is and whether distractions at home help the visiting team.

This week’s games:

• No. 14 Connecticut at No. 9 Boston University

• No. 7 North Dakota at No. 1 Minnesota

• No. 17 Western Michigan at No. 13 Notre Dame

• No. 11 Providence at No. 4 Denver

• No. 2 Minnesota State at No. 8 St. Cloud State

This college hockey podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org.

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This Week in CCHA Hockey: Staying in Minnesota for first few series means Minnesota State enjoying a ‘great challenge’

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Minnesota State did the CCHA double a year ago, winning both the regular season and tournament title. The Mavericks were also 20 minutes away from their first NCAA Division I title. While all three of those are certainly in MSU’s sights this season, there’s another, more unofficial title the Mavericks can win this season: Minnesota … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: With huge win over North Dakota, Quinnipiac looking to play with ‘that passion every game’

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There’s a certain level of required dissatisfaction that exists with national championship contenders in college hockey. They exist on a plane that other teams aspire to reach, but their ability to annually compete is built around an idea that winning, while expected, is never taken for granted. It sounds basic enough to fulfill a cliche, … Read more

UMass head coach Greg Carvel on this year’s Minutemen, staying at the top: USCHO Spotlight Season 5 Episode 3

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Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by Massachusetts head coach Greg Carvel, talking last weekend’s sweep of then-No. 1 Denver, staying at the top of D-I college hockey, this year’s Minutemen, and this coming weekend’s games with Union.

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This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Winless Wisconsin not getting discouraged as Badgers have ‘lots of things to build off of’ going forward

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Everyone in the Big Ten has played at least four games. Every team in the Big Ten, with one exception, has at least two wins to start the season. That exception is Wisconsin, which is 0-4 to start the season. The Badgers opened 2022-23 with 3-1 and 4-3 road losses to Ohio State. In each … Read more

TMQ: Looking at Hockey East vs. NCHC, talking college hockey conference realignment for the not-so-distant future

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Each week during the season, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback. Paula: Dan, my friend! How nice to be back on the TMQ beat with you. I want to echo Jimmy Connelly’s season-opening remarks from a week ago and say hello to … Read more

Down goes No. 1, other top teams lose – plus why is scoring up? Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 5 Episode 4

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Hockey East selects Metcalf, conference races stay hot, PairWise odds: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 2 Episode 19

Hosts Jim Connelly, Derek Schooley, and Ed Trefzger look at the games of the past weekend and the news of the week.

This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Topics include:

• Down goes No. 1 twice as No. 13 UMass sweeps Denver

• No. 5 Minnesota State sweeps No. 4 Minnesota Duluth

• No. 8 Quinnipiac earns road tie and win over No. 3 North Dakota

• No. 6 Michigan dominated No. 9 BU on Friday, 9-2, but Terriers enact revenge on Sundayf

• No. 17 Connecticut gets a tie and win with No. 11 Ohio State

• Arizona State gets a 2-0 win over Colgate to open The Mullett

• Lindenwood rallied from 6-2 down for 7-6 win over Air Force in first home game

• Is scoring increasing significantly in college hockey or is this just an early-season aberration as teams work off some rust?

• Great attendance numbers around D-I hockey on Saturday

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SATURDAY RECAP: Massachusetts completes sweep of No. 1 Denver, Minnesota State sweeps Minnesota Duluth, Quinnipiac takes ‘W’ over North Dakota

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Massachusetts completed the sweep of No. 1 Denver, as the 13th-ranked Minutemen downed the Pioneers 3-0 Saturday night at the Mullins Center. Luke Pavicich stopped all 30 shots fired his way and Cal Kiefiuk registered a goal and an assist for UMass. “Last night was a pretty disjointed game and I came away just happy … Read more

FRIDAY RECAP: Top-ranked Denver falls to UMass, North Dakota, Quinnipiac tie in wild game, Lindenwood gets first NCAA Division I victory

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Massachusetts scored two goals while killing a major penalty in the opening five minutes of play and never looked back, taking a 4-2 victory over No. 1 Denver on Friday night at the Mullins Center. The win was the Minutemen’s seventh all-time over a No. 1-ranked opponent. “That was a highly unusual game, but in … Read more

Looking at some surprisingly large underdogs and a complete toss-up: USCHO Edge college hockey podcast Season 1 Episode 2

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USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger analyze five games among top 20 teams, looking at money lines and over/under as well as giving an in-depth look at the matchups. Jim also explains in this episode how and why money lines shift leading up to the weekend.

This week’s games:

• No. 1 Denver at No. 13 Massachusetts

• No. 9 Boston University at No. 6 Michigan

• No. 11 Ohio State at No. 17 Connecticut

• No. 8 Quinnipiac at No. 3 North Dakota

• No. 4 Minnesota Duluth at No. 5 Minnesota State

This podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org.

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This Week in NCHC Hockey: Preseason polls notwithstanding, Miami starting 2022-23 season on strong note with two wins, tie

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It has been an interesting first two weeks of the season for a Miami team in a unique spot both geographically and competitively. Fourth-year RedHawks coach Chris Bergeron has no complaints over Miami being rooted to the bottom of the NCHC preseason poll, after his team’s 1-4-1 start to the 2021-22 campaign continued at pace … Read more

This Week in Atlantic Hockey: Niagara combining timely scoring, goaltending into early-season success to start ’22-23

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Heading into this season and every season for the past decade, hope springs eternal for Atlantic Hockey to get more than its playoff champion into the NCAA tournament. That will require a team to have a strong enough record to not need the automatic qualifier awarded to the playoff champion. It also requires a strong, … Read more

This Week in CCHA Hockey: Depth leading way early as Bowling Green weaves way through back-and-forth schedule

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Bowling Green hasn’t had much time to get settled into a “normal” routine this season. The Falcons have been a little busy picking up conference points and splitting some nonconference home-and-homes. “We tried to stress to our guys that we understand, we have not had a ‘typical’ week since we’ve gotten into our official full … Read more